Technical Data

Business Context and Use

The Warehouse business object enables information about a warehouse to be investigated.

A warehouse represents a physical warehousing complex and can be a physical building.A warehouse is uniquely identified by a warehouse number.  A warehouse number represents the storage types and storage bins that are organized and managed together.

A warehouse is divided into warehouse areas which correspond to specific storage areas or storage types, for example a high rack area.  A warehouse area can also be subdivided into warehouse sub areas, for example, dividing a high rack into sections for slow versus fast moving goods (allowing the fast moving goods to be accessed for more quickly). A warehouse area or sub area can then be further divided into the actual storage bins where goods are stored.

Notes on SAP Implementation

The Warehouse business object represents the data and reference values that are used in SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM).

This business object can only be used if all required Customizing activities have been completed in SAP EWM.When a user reads warehouse data, he or she needs authorizations for authorization object /SCWM/SLFU for function GL, and authorization for the corresponding warehouse number.

More Information

For more information about warehouses, warehouse areas and sub areas, see the SAP Library documentation for Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) at http://help.sap.com .  Search for the topics Warehouse Structure , Warehouse Number , and Storage Type .

For more information about warehouse areas and sub areas, see the Warehouse Area and Warehouse Sub Area business objects.